About 7% of registered voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide which of six candidates vying for Dubuque’s Ward 3 and Ward 4 council seats will advance to the November. 5th election. In Ward 3, Danny Sprank had the highest number votes in the three-way race with 325 votes. Phil Atkinson received 98 votes while Angie Ma received 93 votes. Because the difference is within 1% of the votes cast in the race, Ma has until 5 p.m. Friday to request a recount without having to pay a bond. The winner would face off again next month against Danny Sprank. The winner would serve the remaining two years of Kate Larson’s term. Larson resigned from the council last month because she is moving out of the city. In Ward 4, Brad Kavanaugh got 495 votes and Jay Schiesl got 114 votes to advance and compete for the seat held by Jake Rios, who did not run for re-election. Antonino Erba got 18 votes and was eliminated.
